Saw-handle



(No Model.)

P. BROWN.

. SAW HANDLE.

No. 543,289. Patented July 23, 1895.

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PERRY BROWN, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

SAW-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,289, dated July 23,1895.

Application filed November 10,1894. Serial No. 528,400. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERRY BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wilmington, in the county of New Castle and State ofDelaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Handles, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being badtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of sawhandles designed to receivethe blades of cross-cut saws; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter moreparticularly described, and then definitely claimed at the end hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central section.Figs. 2 and 3 are details in perspective and vertical section,respectively, of a collar. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of a washer. Fig. 5is a horizontal section on the line w 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a bottomview of the lower extremity of the fastening device. Fig. 7 is a detailin vertical central section of the lower end of the same.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by figures, 1 representsthe handle proper, preferably made of a hollow malleableiron casting, soas to'form a receptacle for the file or files used in sharpening thesaw. The lower end of this handle is threaded inwardly. Above and aroundthis flange is a collar 3, (shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3,)

having lips 4, (preferably three in number,) which are bent under awasher 5 set underneath the flange 2, andthus hold said washer in place.This washer has notches 6 at opposite sides to receive the back of thesaw and other notches 6' to receive the lips 4 of the collar 3, so thatboth the collar and washer will move together on the flange 2.

Screwed into the handle is the slotted fastener 7, preferably formed oftwo side pieces 8 and 9 and an end ferrule or ring 10. The upper part isformed, as shown in Fig. 4, with ridges 11 on one side 8 fitting withinthe edges of the other side 9. On the side 9 is cast a lug or rivet 12,the end of which is passed through a hole in the side 8 and riveted soas to securely hold the two sides to gether at that end. The lower endis secured together by the ferrule or ring 10, as shown in Figs. 6 and7.

The lower end of the side 8 extends entirely across the slot formed bythe junction of the two sides, as shown at 13, so there will be notendency to force the sides apart, as there might be in case of badfitting of the lower ends of the side pieces. 7

To secure a saw in this handle all that is necessary is to set the endof the saw into the slot 15 formed between the sides 8 9, with the backof the saw in the notches 6, and then turn the handle proper so as todraw the fastener 7 into-said handle until the saw is held tightly.

In some cases I may use instead of the hollow handle a wooden one, asindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which case the thread and flangenow at the bottom of the handle would be on a ferrule fitting saidwooden handle.

By the construction above described a very strong and convenient, yetcheap, handle is produced that is not only useful as a'liandle, but'alsoas a receptacle to contain the files used for sharpening the saw onwhich it is used.

What I claim as new is 1. The combination with a handle having aninternal thread, of a two part fastener 7, one part having ridges 11fitting within the other part and the two united at bottom by a'ring andthreaded at top to enter the handle, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a saw handle having an internal thread, afastener 7 comprising twoside pieces 8, 9, one piece having ridges 11fitting within the other piece and the two externally threaded andsecured together by a rivet at one end and a ring at the other,substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 7th day of September, 1894.

, PERRY BROWN. Witnesses:

THOS. E. ROBERTSON, W. H. BARNES.

